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#059DDF

#059ddf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#059ddf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 61.57% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.76% cyan, 29.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 198.17°, with 95.61% saturation and 44.71% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.11.

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Relative luminance0.2947

Complementary

  1. #059ddf
  2. #df4705

Split complementary

  1. #059ddf
  2. #df0530
  3. #dfb405

Analogous

  1. #05dfb4
  2. #059ddf
  3. #0530df

Triadic

  1. #059ddf
  2. #df059d
  3. #9ddf05

Tetradic

  1. #059ddf
  2. #4705df
  3. #df4705
  4. #9ddf05

Square

  1. #059ddf
  2. #b405df
  3. #df4705
  4. #30df05

Monochromatic

  1. #023449
  2. #036894
  3. #059ddf
  4. #36bffa
  5. #81d7fc

Shades

#059ddf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #059ddf
  2. #058dc9
  3. #047eb2
  4. #046e9c
  5. #035e86
  6. #034f70
  7. #023f59
  8. #022f43
  9. #011f2d
  10. #011016
  11. #000000

Tints

#059ddf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #059ddf
  2. #1ea7e2
  3. #37b1e5
  4. #50bae9
  5. #69c4ec
  6. #82ceef
  7. #9bd8f2
  8. #b4e2f5
  9. #cdebf9
  10. #e6f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#059ddf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #059ddf
  2. #119ad6
  3. #1e97cc
  4. #2a94c3
  5. #3691b9
  6. #438fb0
  7. #4f8ca6
  8. #5b899d
  9. #678693
  10. #74838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7597b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d9de2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #628cde ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #629de1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d93de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-059ddf {
  color: #059ddf;
}
Background
.bg-059ddf {
  background-color: #059ddf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-059ddf {
  border: 2px solid #059ddf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #059ddf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 157 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 96% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-059ddf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #059ddf, #0530df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-059ddf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 157 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.69 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.51 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.80 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.66 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.83 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.94 #fa6220 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#059ddf  rgb(5, 157, 223)  hsl(198, 96%, 45%)  Carolina Blue
#df4705  rgb(223, 71, 5)  hsl(18, 96%, 45%)  Flame
#df059d  rgb(223, 5, 157)  hsl(318, 96%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9ddf05  rgb(157, 223, 5)  hsl(78, 96%, 45%)  Yellow Green